Requires the department of social services to apply for a waiver or request authorization to create a list of healthy and nutritious foods and beverages that may be purchased with supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits.
relative to food and drink purchased under SNAP, the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program.
Urging Governor Meyer To Submit A Waiver Request To The United States Department Of Agriculture To Prohibit The Use Of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (snap) Benefits For The Purchase Of Candy And Soda In Order To Advance Nutritional Goals And Improve Public Health Outcomes.
Supporting the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture in establishing a working group of nutrition experts to determine national standards for foods and beverages purchased with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.
Directing the department of social and health services to apply for a waiver from the United States department of agriculture restricting the use of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits from being used to purchase unhealthy foods such as candy and sweetened beverages.
Require that the Department of Social Services submit a federal waiver request to exclude soft drinks from the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Provides that applicants for or recipients of SNAP benefits shall not be subjected to finger imaging as a requirement of the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
Human services: food assistance; purchase of certain beverages with supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits; prohibit. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 109s.
Human services: food assistance; purchase of certain beverages with supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits; prohibit. Amends 1939 PA 280 (MCL 400.1 - 400.119b) by adding sec. 109s.
making a supplemental appropriation to the department of health and human services for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).